Tool



Dec. 4, 1934. J. WISE 1,983,426

TOOL

Filed Aug. 1, 1933 Jg-J- I Patented Dec. 4, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE Application August 1,

1 Claim.

This invention relates to speed wrenches and has for the primary objectthe provision of a device of the above stated character which is of thesocket type and equipped with means for rapidly 5 turning on and off anut of a bolt and having means of the ratchet type whereby maximumleverage may be had on the nut for starting the nut off of the bolt orfor turning the nut tightly home on the bolt.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which In thedrawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating a speed wrenchconstructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a similar view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a similar view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a ratchetWrench, the chuck 2 thereof receiving a socketed element 3 to fit a nut.

The wrench 1 is equipped with a laterally extending operating lever 4having a ratchet drive with the chuck. The lever carries an angularlyrelated finger piece 5. The chuck 2 operated by the lever 4 will becapable of turning a nut tightly upon a bolt or for releasing a nutwhich is tight upon a bolt. Extending from the chuck 2 and in align-1933, Serial No. 683,202

ment therewith is a stem 6 adapted for fit within a chuck 7 of a screwdriver 8 of the reversible worm feed type. After the nut has beenreleased on the bolt by the turning of the lever 4, said nut may be thenrapidly turned off of the bolt by reciprocating the screw driver 8. Alsoa nut may be turned rapidly onto a bolt by reversing the action of thescrew driver 8, the reversing button of the screw driver being shown at9. Thus it will be seen a tool has been provided wherein a nut may berapidly turned on or off of a bolt and also whereby considerableleverage may be had on the nut when desiring to tighten or loosen thenut upon the bolt.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention, as claimed.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A tool comprising a chuck-like body having an annular groove, a handlearranged at right angles to the body and having one end enlarged toprovide a casing-like portion receiving a portion of the body andoverlying the groove, a set screw carried by the casing-like portion andextending into the groove, a reversible ratchet means between the handleand the body, a finger piece secured to the other end of said handle andarranged at right angles to the latter, a shank integral with the bodyand extending through one end of the casing-like portion of said handleand arranged at right angles to the handle, and a reversible worm feedtype screw driver connected to the shank.

JOHN WISE.

